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Biography
Graham Finlayson is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of East Anglia. He joined UEA in 1999 when he was awarded a full professorship at the age of 30. He was and remains the youngest ever professorial appointment at that institution. Graham trained in computer science first at the University of Strathclyde and then for his masters and doctoral degrees at Simon Fraser University where he was awarded a ‘Dean’s medal’ for the best PhD dissertation in his faculty. Prior to joining UEA, Graham was a lecturer at the University of York and then a founder and Reader at the Colour and Imaging Institute at the University of Derby. Professor Finlayson is interested in ‘Computing how we see’ and his research spans computer science (algorithms), engineering (embedded systems) and psychophysics (visual perception).
He has published over 50 journal, over 200 referred conference papers and 25+ patents. He has won best paper prizes at several conferences including, “The 5th IS&T conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging and Vision” (2010) and “the IEE conference on Visual Information Engineering” (1995). Many of Graham’s patents are implemented and used in commercial products including photo processing software, dedicated image processing hardware (ASICs) and in embedded camera software. Graham’s research is funded from a number of sources including government, industry and through investment for spin-out companies. Industrial partners include Apple, Hewlett Packard, Sony, Xerox, Unilever and Buhler-Sortex. Significantly, Graham was the first academic at UEA (in its 50 year history) to either raise venture capital investment for a spin-out company – Imsense Ltd developed technology to make pictures look better - or to make a money for the university when this company was subsequently sold to a blue chip industry major in 2010.
In 2002, Graham was awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize for science and in 2008 a Royal Society-Wolfson Merit award. In 2009 the Royal Photographic Society presented graham with the Davies medal in recognition of his contributions to the Photographic Industry. The RPS made Graham a fellow in 2012. In recognition of distinguished service to the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Graham was elected a fellow of that society in 2010. In January 2013 Graham was also elected to a fellowship of the Institute of Engineering Technology.
Prof. Graham Finlayson's CV (PDF, 147Kb)
Illuminant Estimation: Back to the Future (PDF, 6.49MB)
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Key Research Interests
Graham's research interests include:
- colour imaging
- computer vision
- colour science
- artificial intelligence
- computational geometry
Selected Publications
Finlayson, G. D., Hordley, S. D., Drew, M. S. and Lu, C., On the removal of shadows from images. IEEE transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Volume 28, Number 1, Page(s) 59-68, 2006.
Finlayson, G. D. and Morovic, P. M., Metamer Sets. Journal of the optical Society of America A, Volume 22, Issue 5, Page(s) 810-819, 2005.
Drew, M. S. and Finlayson, G. D., Multispectral processing without spectra. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Volume 20, Issue 7, Page(s) 1181-1193, 2003.
Finlayson, G. D. and Hordley, S. D., Color constancy at a pixel. Journal of the Optical Society of America a-Optics Image Science and Vision, Volume 18, Issue 2, Page(s) 253-264, 2001.
Guest Lectures/Invited Speaker [PDF, 10KB]
Key Responsibilities
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Beyond a shadow of doubt: land surveying in the real world
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
1/10/23 → 30/09/27
Project: Training
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AgriFoRwArdS CDT
Finlayson, G., Chin, J. & Harvey, R.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/19 → 30/09/27
Project: Training
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An Image Processing Pipeline targeted towards the accurate measurement of lateral flow tests
1/10/22 → 3/02/23
Project: Training
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Integrating the space of reflectance spectra
Finlayson, G. D., Vazquez-Corral, J. & Fang, F., 30 Apr 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 34, p. 2588-2601 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introducing a temperature adjustment to make Wien’s law a more accurate approximation of Planckian blackbody radiation in the visible range
Daneshvar, E., Finlayson, G. D., Brill, M. H. & Deeb, R., 10 Mar 2025, In: Optics Express. 33, 5, p. 11956-11971 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Color matching in the wild
Gil Rodríguez, R., Vázquez-Corral, J., Bertalmío, M. & Finlayson, G. D., Oct 2024, In: Pattern Recognition. 154, 110575.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Even Simpler Tone Curves
Bennett, J. & Finlayson, G. D., 27 Jun 2024, p. 124-128. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Extended Wien and Planck loci
Daneshvar, E., Finlayson, G. D. & Brill, M. H., 25 Sept 2024, Computational Color Imaging: 8th International Workshop, CCIW 2024, Milan, Italy, September 25–27, 2024, Proceedings. Schettini, R., Trémeau, A., Tominaga, S., Bianco, S. & Buzzelli, M. (eds.). Springer, p. 22-35 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Prizes
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Best Paper Award: Yi-tun Lin and G.D. Finlayson, “Per-Channel Regularization for Regression-Based Spectral Reconstruction”, CVCS Symposium
Finlayson, Graham (Recipient), 17 Sept 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award in Color and Imaging Conference (CIC) 2018
Finlayson, Graham (Recipient), Zhu, Yuteng (Recipient) & Gong, Han (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Prize: G.D. Finlayson and P. Morovic, “Human Visual Processing: Beyond 3 sensors,” IEE Visual Information Engineering, 2005.
Finlayson, Graham (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Prize: J. Bennett and G.D. Finlayson, "Simplifying Tone Curves", The Society of Imaging Science and Technology's 31st Colour and Imaging Conference
Finlayson, Graham (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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C. Andersen and G.D. Finlayson, “Estimation of an Individual’s Human Cone Funda- mentals from their Color Matching Functions”, The Society of Imaging Science & Technology's Colour in Graphics, Imaging and Vision conference, 2010.
Finlayson, Graham (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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London Imaging Meeting
Graham Finlayson (Speaker)
2020 → 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Graham Finlayson (Visiting researcher)
2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Research and teaching at external organisation
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Conference of the Color Association of Taiwan
Graham Finlayson (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2007Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Chief Technical Officer, Im-Sense Ltd. Incorporated 2006
Graham Finlayson (Chief Technical Officer)
2006 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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The Gjovik Colour Conference
Graham Finlayson (Speaker)
2005Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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Sale of Prof Finlayson's UEA spin out
9/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution